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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
3
A vintage health ad touts Dr. Kings New Life Pills as a mild laxative that regulates bowels and relieves waste without gripping. Take a pill before retiring to banish heaviness and spring fever. Available from druggists for 25 cents.
Mrs Emma Welsh travels to Adrian Missouri on Sunday morning following the death of her niece Mrs George Pulliam. Misses Carrie and Cary Greene also go to Jefferson City Sunday to visit their brother Ewing Greene.
An ad touts Sloan's Ointment as fast relief for muscle strain and external pains from strenuous work. It claims easy application without rubbing, a clear liquid formula that cleanses without staining, and warns of relief for rheumatism gout lumbago grippe bruises stiffness and backache with a 25 cent price at druggists.
Mrs A F Bell returns home after attending R B Berrie funeral in Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Firman White come back Monday after visiting Mr White's mother Ella White in Kansas City. Dr Kings New Discovery advertised for coughs and bronchial issues. J F Walsh and sister Margaret visit Kansas City Sunday. William Stonestreet of St Louis visits grandparents B R Ireland and wife.
For Your Child's Cough. Pleasant cough syrup Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey relieves hacking coughs loosens phlegm and soothes irritated tissues. Get a bottle today at your druggist and start treatment at once. R Moorehead of Kansas City spent Sunday here with his grandson James Moorehead III. Harry Davis returned to Kansas City Sunday night after visiting here with home folks.
A few Poland China sows offered for sale with furrowing planned around mid summer. Seller A. P. Young located near Prairie Church.
More than fifty volunteers from the University of Missouri seek to raise 9,000 dollars to fund a 25 member American Ambulance Field Service unit. Each man needs 350 dollars for passage and equipment, with 15 dollars monthly at the front included in the total. The unit would join the French sanitary corps, driving ambulances between field stations and base hospitals, sailing June 16 alongside a Dartmouth unit. Committees span Kansas City to Springfield, led by A. Ross Hill and a medical and academic group.
University of Missouri plans a twenty five man ambulance corps for France, with exams under Dr Guy L Noyes and enlistment led by Howard W Bailey. Sixty pledges and applications have begun, aiming to sail June 16 from New York with Dartmouth volunteers amid university support.
Circuit Judge Frank P. Divilbis announced no farmers will be required to serve on the May petit jury and that vacancies for the term will be filed. Sheriff Higdon was instructed to select only men from the towns in the county.
Roy Smith, a 25 year old unmarried farm hand, was shot at John McClaskey's home near Filmore after returning to feed a horse. McClaskey believed Smith was stealing, fired, and wounded him in the abdomen. Smith lay in a St Joseph hospital awaiting further word.
The Sedalia Journal, a weekly German newspaper, suspended publication recently on its fortieth birthday. Charles Bode, who has served as editor for the past thirty five years, is noted in connection with the paper.
A blast at the Ath Yotlo zinc mine near Webb City left two men dead, A McFarland of Webb City and Ban Whitlock of Porto Rico, with the cause and full details not disclosed in available reports.
Mrs. Mary GE Roberts aged 88 long widowed, noted as matriarch of multiple lines, passed away at her Montgomery residence. Her family described her as the central figure of two generations and the beloved great grandmother to many.
The House voted 215 10178 to authorize the President to recruit a Roosevelt led division for service in France, reversing prior action and sending the army draft bill back to conference. The Senate had adopted a similar authorization, with conferees expected to agree quickly. The general staff opposes volunteer units of that type, arguing they have no place in the war army.
May 12 report from Chicago states directors will bolt a special meeting this afternoon to consider the continued wheat advance and to discuss steps to curb speculation.
First Lieut Melchior Mob of the United States Army Aviation Corps fell with his airplane in combat near Columbus New Mexico. Capt James L Dunsworth riding with Mob was injured but expected to recover, his physician reported. The Russian Council of Workmen and Soldiers Delegates appealed to the Boclanaty of Germany and Austria to halt troops aimed at crushing France. Joseph M Choate former US ambassador to Great Britain is dead in New York. French and British forces report capturing 49 599 Germans between April 9 and May 12 including 976 officers, 44 heavy and field cannon, and 386 trench cannons.
Discussion of age limits in selective service recalls Civil War enlistment figures. Official records show most Union soldiers were 21 or younger at enlistment, with only 46,626 aged 25 or older and 16,071 aged 44 or older. The war was a boys war, relying on young, healthy, loyal youth for strength and spirit.
Public auction of real estate of Edgar F Gaines under a 1917 judgment in favor of Florida L Stier administratrix of George H Stier estate. Property includes Lots 17 and 18 in Block O in the Village of Hates City Lafayette County Missouri. Sale set for June 12 1917 at courthouse door Lexington Missouri.
Public auction of real estate in Lafayette County Missouri to satisfy a 1917 circuit court judgment. Property includes portions of Lot 11 and Lot 12 Woods Survey in Lexington. Sale set for June 14 1917 in front of the courthouse with cash payment required.
Docket list from Lafayette County Missouri probate court May 1917 schedules numerous decedent cases with administrators executors guardians and guardianship appointments across May 17 to May 26 1917 including Tempel E H administrator Gray J H and F R Gray administrators Eagan D H deceased administratrix Simpson C L deceased administrator Hughes H H deceased administrator Varner Milton deceased administratrix etc with final true copy certification by Judge Stephen N. Wilson dated March 22 1917.
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